The Wyoming senator says banking industry pressure is slowing the crypto market structure bill's path through Congress. Senator Cynthia Lummis has publicly accused banks of interfering with progress on the CLARITY Act, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist.
Payments software provider Volante has connected Ripple's technology to the Federal Reserve's instant payment rail, according to multiple reports. Volante Technologies has enabled XRP for use within FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s real-time payment system, according to reports published this week.
ZEC hits an eight-year price high after a reported surge, with a Grayscale exchange-traded fund set to debut on the NYSE. Zcash, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency known by its ticker ZEC, has posted one of its strongest rallies in years.
Inflows into XRP exchange-traded products reached $39.7 million as the token rebounded 47% from its 2026 low. XRP-linked exchange-traded funds posted their strongest weekly performance since May, according to data cited by multiple crypto outlets. The products drew a combined $39.7 million in net inflows over the period.
August 23, 2026
AMD Reports Disagree on Helios GPU Model: MI450X vs MI455X
CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance both cover AMD's $10B Taiwan packaging investment but name different Instinct GPU models inside the Helios rack. CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance both cover AMD's $10B Taiwan packaging investment but name different Instinct GPU models inside the Helios rack.
Hopes that a US Treasury debt buyback could ease bond market pressure are lifting risk assets, including XRP XRP is on pace for its largest weekly gain in 21 months, according to reporting from CoinDesk and CryptoBriefing. Both outlets tie the move to renewed market chatter about a potential US Treasury debt buyback program.
Across five stories revised within the same news cycle, corroboration counts climbed while the underlying claims about Term Labs, ZachXBT, Sandbox, Armstrong and Kiyosaki stayed exactly where they started. Across five stories revised within the same news cycle, corroboration counts climbed while the underlying claims about Term Labs, ZachXBT, Sandbox, Armstrong and Kiyosaki stayed exactly…
Researchers say belief-driven trading, not fundamentals, shapes much of retail crypto behavior The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has published research examining what actually drives crypto investors to buy and sell. According to the findings, reported by Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing, belief formation plays a central role in investor behavior.
U.Today and crypto.news both cover Michael Saylor's 'digital energy' framing of Bitcoin and Strategy's holdings, but disagree on whether the company's Digital Credit instruments like STRC are blockchain-based tokenized obligations or conventional securities.
The blockchain now accounts for 97% of tokenized equity trading volume, according to newly reported data. Solana's real-world asset ecosystem has reached a record $4 billion in total value, according to figures reported on August 23.
Set side by side, this newsroom's own coverage disagrees with itself on a liquidation total, a percentage gain, a research stat and a man's whereabouts. Set side by side, this newsroom's own coverage disagrees with itself on a liquidation total, a percentage gain, a research stat and a man's whereabouts.
A governance exploit let the attacker take command of vault operations, draining an estimated $8.5 million. Term Labs suffered an estimated $8.5 million loss on August 23 after an attacker exploited a flaw in its governance system.
Veteran trader's bearish price target faces scrutiny after Bitcoin's climb well above the level he flagged. Bitcoin's price action has reignited debate over a bearish forecast from veteran commodities and crypto trader Peter Brandt.
The Rich Dad Poor Dad author argues the buyback program mirrors past monetary easing and points to Bitcoin as a hedge. Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has weighed in on the expansion of U.S. Treasury debt buybacks, calling the practice a form of quantitative easing.
August 23, 2026
Before the Open: A Korean Hour, a Memecoin Liquidation and Alibaba’s $10 Billion Dilution
Four items today carry a mechanism that can move a price before US trading starts; the rest are opinion dressed as news. Four items today carry a mechanism that can move a price before US trading starts; the rest are opinion dressed as news.
A newly decoded puzzle appears to connect hidden data to Bitcoin's founding block, according to two reports. A long-standing cryptography puzzle connected to Bitcoin's origins has reportedly been cracked. Reports describe someone decoding hidden data that traces back to the Genesis Block, the very first block Satoshi Nakamoto mined in January 2009.
CNBC reports the chipmaker has warned major customers that memory component costs are driving the increase. Nvidia plans to increase prices on its artificial intelligence hardware by more than 15%, CNBC reported. The company has cited rising memory chip costs as the primary driver behind the move.
XRP and TRUMP token trading drove the South Korean exchange to an $830 million hourly record. Upbit, South Korea's dominant cryptocurrency exchange, logged 1.15 trillion won in trading volume during a single hour on August 22. That figure converts to roughly $830 million at prevailing exchange rates.